Whether an employee in Arizona leaves the service of his employer, voluntarily or not, the law requires that an employee laid off in Arizona to pay all wages due him or her to be defined within a very clearly. Arizona employers who do not comply with the laws of serious sanctions, including the possibility of triple damages to a terminated employee and to pay attorney fees.
Arizona revised Statute § 23-353 (A) refers to situations where an employee dismissed or terminated by his employer. In such cases, the law requires that wages be paid within three days of regular work or to the end of the next regular pay are, whichever comes first. For example, if an employee ends on Monday and the next regular payday is the following Monday, the employer can pay employees in the normal course, but everyone must pay the wages due by Thursday at the latest.
§ 23-353 (B) is a little more lenient for employers who have employees leaves. In cases in which to pay the employer until the next regular payday of the employee. This section also provides that if requested by the employee, the employer must send payment by mail.
Although Section 23-353 (D) provides that violation of the law is a misdemeanor, the penalty is very important that a dismissed employee found in Arizona revised Statute § 23-355, are not the one that allows employees, paid, as required in Section 23-353, to the former employer for “three times the amount of unpaid wages.” Obviously, violation of the law can still be very expensive benefit for employers and employees.
In addition, because the employment relationship created by contract in the nature of employees, to those making the claim, including attorneys’ fees in pursuing such an action under Article Arizona state Revised 12-341.01.
If you have not been paid wages owed to you within a reasonable period, or if you are an employer who has not at one or more of these laws are accused, you should consult an experienced employment lawyer as soon as possible. Non-compliance can make a claim or a defense in time to be fatal to you.
Kevin R. Harper is an employment lawyer in Arizona and litigation representing individuals and small businesses throughout the state of Arizona’s Phoenix office at 1 Avenue N. Central is located., Suite 1130, in downtown Phoenix. His company also has an office in Chandler, Arizona and represents individuals and businesses throughout the state of Arizona.
